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Singapore Writers Festival 2025
A wish list as audiences grow: more inclusive programming, mid-sized venues, in-depth dialogues
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As the Singapore Writers Festival grows and matures, it might need larger and more mid-sized venues to accommodate festivalgoers.
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SINGAPORE – Already missing the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF)? Fret not, as the festival will return in 2026 with the theme of Hidden In Plain Sight – festival director Yong Shu Hoong’s third edition.
Here are three things The Straits Times’ arts team hopes to see in the next festival.


